On Jan. 10, 2019, the governor of Massachusetts finalized the legislative changes to the state data breach law by placing his signature on HB 4806. The amended law, which includes several new requirements and raises the bar for businesses collecting data on Massachusetts residents, is driving organizations to review and update their data breach notification-related policies and procedures, as well as their incident response processes.
This update can be seen as part of a wider trend in data privacy regulations where guidelines on breach reporting and incident response documentation are becoming more specific. This can be seen in Europe with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Network Information Security (NIS) Directive, as well as in North America with Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), among others… SecurityInteligence